The Night Sky 40°-50° Star Finder
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Product Description
The Night Sky is a rotating star finder- or planisphere that allows the user to admit the constellations for any time of night, any day of the year. The sky appears to rotate (due to the rotation and orbital motion of the planet), so to be successful recognizing the constellations a beginner needs to know which stars are above the horizon at any time.
This is the full-sized version of The Night Sky suitable for the 40°-50° latitude zone (northern United States and parts of Europe). We have versions for the following latitude zones: 50°-60°, 40°-50°, 30°-40°, 20°-30°, and the Southern Hemisphere. We also have pocket-sized versions available for the same latitude zones.
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Product is excellent. In all-purpose I like these things. It’s a useful tool for beginner to intermediate sky watchers.
MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT I bought it as a gift for my son and when I received it I immediately wrapped it up. After he opened it (and I judge after the return policy expired) we realized we were shipped the 40 degree SOUTH latitude version. Seeing as we don’t live in AUSTRALIA this is of small use to us. So just double check what you get.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I was disappointed that the planets were’nt identified and the print is too tiny for my ancient eyes. All in all, it wasn’t a excellent buy for me.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I was amazed at how quickly my product came and it was just like it was pictured.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve been dabbling in astronomy for several months now, and I thought this would be an improvement over printouts I download from the internet, as they rapidly deteriorate under dew. (I don’t like bringing my expensive atlases out into the unfriendly atmosphere.) It turned out that durability is virtually the only advantage this planisphere provides.
Cons:
1) Tiny;
2) Constellations are open in a rather confusing way;
3) Barely a handful of deep sky objects are included!
Pros:
1) Sturdy plastic.
I conclude that this planesphere may come handy if you’re an absolute beginner, and are still learning the very basics of what’s where in the sparkly skies.
The worst offence (and I quote accurately): ‘Only a few of the “deep sky” objects are shown on the chart. Sweep the sky with binoculars to find many more.’
If I wanted to ’sweep the sky with binoculars’ haphazardly, I wouldn’t need a bleeping planisphere, now would I?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I look at this, then look at the sky… can identify all I’m looking for.
The only thing it doesn’t show is the planets. Thus 4 stars.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5